The Last Resort
Kino Lorber Films | Release Date: December 21, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
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0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Film ThreatPaul ParcellinFeb 26, 2019
The Last Resort could have been a slight, sunny picture postcard from Biscayne Bay. A piece of fluff that would delight our cravings for the past — whether or not we were actually around to observe that not too distant past firsthand. But instead it’s a heartfelt and jubilant love letter to a paradise found, lost, and reclaimed — Miami’s South Beach. Read full review
83
Original-CinJim SlotekFeb 7, 2019
Awash in colour and sunlight, the doc The Last Resort is both a modern cultural history of the confounding should-be-paradise that is Miami Beach, and a loving bio of a young, short-lived photographer who froze one of its moments in time. Read full review
83
IndieWireJude DryJan 10, 2019
Sweet’s work is a time capsule of a bygone era, preserved in glorious, saturated technicolor. He was the master of the unexpected composition, and in that sense, The Last Resort is a fitting tribute. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinFeb 28, 2019
In 70 short minutes, directors Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch skillfully pack their Miami Beach-centric documentary, The Last Resort, with a wealth of visual, emotional, social, cultural and historical significance. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 21, 2018
Presenting an evocative portrait of a now-bygone era in the city's past, The Last Resort delivers plenty of nostalgia as is spotlights the work of two photographers who captured the period with vivid immediacy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyDec 20, 2018
The cultural transformation and re-transformation of Miami Beach (specifically its southern tip, South Beach) is a story that’s fascinating, poignant, garish and, in some ways, befuddling. Read full review
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